HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Public Education 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 

PLACE:       E2.036 
CHAIR:       Rep. Dan Huberty 

*The order in which bills are heard is at the discretion of the chair*

*Public testimony will be limited to two (2) minutes*

In addition to the bills listed below, the committee will also hear invited testimony on the state assessment system.

HB 525         Tinderholt             
Relating to the limitation on administration and use of certain assessment instruments in public schools.

HB 671         King, Ken              
Relating to secondary-level assessment of public school students.

HB 843         Springer               
Relating to the inclusion of satisfactory performance on certain postsecondary readiness assessment instruments in the indicators for evaluating the performance of public schools.

HB 851         Huberty                
Relating to the use of individual graduation committees and other alternative methods to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.

HB 1244        Ashby | et al.          
Relating to including a civics test in the graduation requirements for public high school students and to eliminating the United States history end-of-course assessment instrument.

HB 1480        VanDeaver              
Relating to assessment of public school students, providing accelerated instruction, and eliminating requirements based on performance on certain assessment instruments.

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